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Biden mourns with families of 18 slain in deadly Lewiston shooting during visit
Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden added a bouquet of white flowers Friday to a makeshift memorial outside Schemengees Bar and Grille, one of the scenes of the state’s deadliest mass shooting
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Passport officials handed £2.1million in bonuses as delays wreck holiday plans
Almost 10,000 bonuses were given to passport officials last year despite 360,000 people waiting longer than they should have done to get their documents, ruining travel plans
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Dominic Cummings mocks Nadine Dorries over 'MI6 plot to topple Boris Johnson'
The former adviser took a swipe at Nadine Dorries after he was told her book will allege he secretly worked with Michael Gove to topple Boris Johnson from inside No10
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Starmer blasts 'shocking' conduct of Tories after Covid Inquiry revelations
The Labour leader said the revelations from Baroness Heather Hallett's public inquiry this week shone a light on the behaviour of those at the top of No10 at the height of the crisis
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Mum halts construction of 'astronomical' 5G mast with simple car parking ploy
South Shields resident Elizabeth Grey has delayed the construction of a phone mast by parking her car over its intended site in protest - but works are expected to restart
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'Keir Starmer doesn't have the luxury of listening to ceasefire claptrap'
Labour activists want Keir Starmer to call for a ceasefire in Gaza, and will resign until they get it. Fleet Street Fox says he's not going to miss them
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BBC Question Time audience member praised for savaging Tory over Boris Johnson
Cabinet Office Minister Jeremy Quin was laughed at as he attempted to defend Boris Johnson following days of revelations about his botched handling of the Covid pandemic
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Tory MP says he's not racist after telling man to 'go back to Bahrain'
Veteran Conservative MP Bob Stewart said he was 'deeply hurt" to find himself on trial after being charged with a racially aggravated public order offence, which he denies
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British steelmaking facing 'lethal cliff edge' as thousands wait to hear fate
Labour frontbencher Stephen Kinnock, who chairs the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Steel, attacked the ongoing uncertainty surrounding Britain's biggest steelworks
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Keir Starmer rejects call for him to quit as Labour councillors join Gaza revolt
The Labour leader has called for short 'humanitarian' pauses in the fighting to allow aid into Gaza and hostages out while allowing Israel to continue its fight against Hamas
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'Cryto King' went from privileged childhood to $10bn fraud & Presidential hopes
One of the biggest financial fraudsters the world has ever seen was yesterday convicted - and now faces decades in prison. But how did young maths prodigy Bankman-Fried become a $10 billion fraudster?
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Nadine Dorries' strange claim about rabbit butcher in No10 with unusual nickname
The former Cabinet Minister has promised to expose the 'deeply entrenched degree of corruption' that 'lies at the heart of the Conservative Party' and Downing Street
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Voters accuse MPs of manufacturing culture wars to distract from failings
A study by King’s College London’s Policy Institute examined how people would feel about being called 'woke' - and how big a problem culture wars are for democracy
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Rishi Sunak 'haunted by Tory imagination ghosts', says Keir Starmer
The Labour leader will use a speech in the North East to outline what he hopes to hear in next week's King's Speech - Charles' first State Opening since becoming monarch 14 months ago
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Hancock wanted to decide who lived or died if NHS couldn't cope, inquiry told
The former boss of NHS England Lord Stevens said Matt Hancock 'took the ­position that he, rather than the medical profession, should decide who should live and die'
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'Reality TV show appearances won't­­ rehabilitate Matt Hancock in our eyes'
The latest claim by Simon Stevens, former NHS England chief, is another nail in the reputation of the incompetent Conservative Health Secretary during the pandemic
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Humans can curb impact of AI on lives as Rishi Sunak hails tech summit outcome
The Prime Minister made the claim after reaching an agreement with technology firms to vet their models before their release, at the event at former codebreaking HQ Bletchley Park
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'Covid inquiry isn't Gaza or Ukraine - but it's our war for honest government'
Even for a news junkie like me, rolling war coverage gets hard to take
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Tortured, beaten, castrated by soldiers from his own army - for joining Mau Mau
In the eyes of many historians, the campaign against Mau Mau fighters was the bloodiest British suppression of any of their colonial uprisings anywhere in the world
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'Many more lives could have been saved had Covid inquiry been held sooner'
For the bereaved families, the last few days of evidence have been harrowing - these horrifying revelations have been the equivalent of a political Partygate
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'Love, hope and security can all help children grow'
Dr Miriam Stoppard shares fascinating research from Loughborough University that shows how a lack of love in childhood delays development, and could even kill
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Growing fears Tories will axe rusting British warship linked to Parliament
Uncertainty surrounds the future of the Type 23 frigate HMS Westminster as she languishes in a basin at Devonport naval base in Plymouth with no guarantees she will sail again
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Rishi Sunak heaps praise on Elon Musk hours before bromance date night
In what could be an unusual event, Rishi Sunak will sit down with tech billionaire Elon Musk this evening to discuss the risks and benefits of artificial intelligence
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Serious crime victims in some parts of UK wait 13 hours for police - full list
Figures released under the Freedom of Information Act reveal a 'disturbing postcode lottery' in responses to grade two priority crimes - which include burglaries, missing persons and domestic incidents
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Ex-NHS chief says 'I try to see best in people' when asked if Matt Hancock lied
Lord Simon Stevens, former chief executive of NHS England, told the Covid Inquiry that there were "occasional moments of tension and flashpoints", but squirmed as he was asked about Mr Hancock's honesty